This is
a story about a young boy who lived in a small village near Mandi in the Indian
state of Himachal Pradesh. Like every child in the village, Jematva was also a
very fun loving boy and used to do naughty things and tease his mother. But
right from his childhood, he developed a very special talent. He used to cut
branches of the tree and used to make figurines, sometimes human, often
animals, and many times very strange creatures, which no one has ever seen.
There
was a room in the backyard of his house where he kept these things. He started
making these figurines at a very tender age of 5, and gradually gained
perfection now at the age of 10 years.
He has
hundreds of these figurines in his collection. But there is one important
thing, he used to make a different figure everyday, he had hundreds in his
collection, but he never copied a single one.
This
practice of making figurines started to open new avenues for Jematva. At first
he used to be confused about what to make but often he used to get conscious
inspirations, and often in his dreams. His parents and neighbors were astounded
to see the imagination of this young boy.
This
practice of making new figurines with pieces of trunk of trees, opened new
dimensions in the mind of Jematva and now he was able to think very clearly and
he was also able to see every single thing from different perspectives.
And he
never discontinued this practice of making a new figurine every day. At the age
of 19 years, he was offered to become the chief advisor of the king Lankesh of
Mandi and then when the king died and democracy prevailed, he was chosen as the
chief minister of Mandi.
He still
makes these figurines, every day a new one….!!
